A Saudi coalition reconnaissance helicopter crashed near the Yemeni border, killing two pilots

(Central News Agency, Riyadh, Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 18th) Saudi Arabia's coalition leading the fight against the Yemeni rebel "Youth Movement" said today that one of their helicopters crashed near the border with Yemen due to a "technical failure" and the two pilots were killed. This is the first loss of life by coalition forces since the conflict between the two sides resumed in July.

According to reports from Agence France-Presse and Reuters, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said in a statement that an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter belonging to the Saudi Arabian National Guard crashed near the Saudi border city of Najran, killing two officers on board.

Yemen has become another front in the war between the United States and Iran. The fighting there intensified after the Iranian-backed Houthi movement seized strategic positions along the Red Sea coast in September. The Najran region in southwestern Saudi Arabia has been targeted in recent weeks.

Youth Movement spokesperson Yahya Saree posted on the social media platform X yesterday that they shot down a Saudi Arabian Apache helicopter near Najran because the aircraft was conducting hostile actions against its positions along the border.